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  1. Re:Time to Usable on Windows 8 To Feature 'Fast Startup Mode' · · Score: 1

    XP and higher already do this while your system is idling... And most defrag programs do it even better.

  2. Re:Xbox? on Ask Slashdot: Passively Cooled Hardware For Game Emulation? · · Score: 1

    I second the Wii. Homebrew Channel has several great emulators.

  3. Re:Discovered in a previously unknown manuscript on Chemical Cocktail Turns Mice Clear · · Score: 1

    Not to mention Tom & Jerry...

  4. Cool! on UCLA Develops Stretchable OLED Display · · Score: 1

    Now I can make my Rorschach mask...

  5. Re:Its also a weapon system ... on Chinese Want To Capture an Asteroid · · Score: 1

    Did it occur to you that with missiles, you can't say, "It was an accident."

  6. Re:Yes, but will T-Mobile survive? on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    Sprint would buy them cheap for spare parts and we would have a much better 3 horse race than if AT&T buys them, so yes, I think it would be better.

  7. Re:AT&T showed their hand too early on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    What makes you think the collusion was unspoken?

  8. Re:Sprint and T-Mo should merge on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    Also, CDMA (Sprint and Verizon) works better in wide-open spaces whereas GSM (T-Mobile and AT&T) works better in densely-populated areas. I think it explains the iPhone vs. Android map.

  9. Re:Sprint and T-Mo should merge on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 2

    The ideal outcome is that Sprint dumps it's CDMA network post-haste and adopts the GSM-LTE standards. Reason? iPhone.

    Sprint's getting an iPhone anyway in September.

  10. Re:Sprint and T-Mo should merge on Justice Dept. Files Antitrust Complaint Against AT&T and T-Mobile Merger · · Score: 1

    Just record them... They've already told you that the phone call is being recorded, so neither party should be able to say they didn't know it was being recorded. Just to be sure, let them know that you are recording the phone call as well as soon as you get someone. I'm sure the solution to that isn't in their script.

  11. Re:Evidence on Publicly Shaming Laptop Thieves Catches Bystanders in the Crossfire · · Score: 1

    Wiretapping is only for audio. These are pictures.

  12. Re:Evidence on Publicly Shaming Laptop Thieves Catches Bystanders in the Crossfire · · Score: 1

    Unless she put video with an audio track, wiretapping laws don't apply. They only apply to audio.

  13. Re:Paging Darth Vader on Microsoft 'Ribbonizes' Windows 8 File Manager · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's faster because I can style a table in 5 seconds instead of clicking 180 times. I can make document styles, page numbering styles with headers and footers that include Heading 1 title headers with a single click.

    Now, I can't think of anything in File Manager that could be sped up like that. Batch renames? Map Network drive with a dropdown of available drive letters?

  14. Re:Only 27 more years until public domain on The Copyright Nightmare of 'I Have a Dream' · · Score: 2

    Copyright extensions are ex post facto laws, and as such, should be illegal based on the Constitution. Therefore, there should be no ability to extend copyright.

  15. Re:stupid micromanagement on Injunction Blocks "Don't Be Friends" Law For Missouri Teachers · · Score: 1

    I also knew a teacher and a student that were friends during school, but started dating when she was 20 (he was about 28). I questioned her about it and she said she never thought about him that way while she was in school, just as a friend/teacher. Only in college did she realize how much she missed him and they eventually got married.

    As far as anyone could tell, it was all innocent and proper and her parents liked him and were good with it. It's rare, but it happens.

  16. Re:This is a sad day for the tech world on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1, Informative

    Because in this case, it means Apple's products are deteriorating...

  17. Re:The problem of price vs. value remains. on What HP's TouchPad Fire Sale Teaches iPad Rivals · · Score: 1

    That's why Asus prices a very high-quality tablet for around $350-$399 now.

  18. Re:Downtown D.C. on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    Businesses are shutting down and people evacuating for a 5.9? Why? Just pick the stuff up off the floor and go back to work...

  19. Re:No big deal on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    We can drive to the snow whenever we want. It's only 45 minutes from Southern California...

  20. Re:Philadelphia here on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    We ran to the window (engineers know better than to hide in doorways!)

    In California, this advice comes from experience.

    In an earthquake, the emergency rooms are filled with people that have had a few things happen to them:

    1. Massive cuts and loss of blood due to standing too close to a window during an earthquake. The motion can cause shards of glass to go flying like razors.

    2. Injuries from things in the ceiling falling on them. Speakers, light fixtures, sprinkler heads, etc. These things can knock people unconscious and cause major head trauma.

    3. Standing in a doorway WITH A DOOR IN IT. They get lots of people with separated shoulders where the door has pounded their shoulder repeatedly.

    Nobody is worrying that the entire building is coming down. That's really unlikely to happen.

    The solution to all these problems is:

    1. Get in a doorless doorway.

    2. Get under a very sturdy desk or table.

  21. Re:Haha! on When Schools Are the Police · · Score: 1

    Jail time. Duh.

  22. Re:So on Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism · · Score: 0

    Actually, genetics tells us that Eve certainly existed. It also tells us that she lived 6000 years ago, "but nobody believes that."

  23. Re:The real reason on Rare Earth Restrictions To Raise Hard Drive Cost · · Score: 1

    But now there are many manufacturers:

    Intel, OCZ, Kingston, Crucial, etc., etc.

  24. Re:Figures on HP Spinning Off WebOS and Exiting Hardware Business · · Score: 2

    Asus Transformer $399, capacitive screen, dual core. Granted, it's $100 more, but it's incredible for the price.

  25. Re:Quake 3, eh? on Notch Asks For Trial By Combat · · Score: 1

    In traditional duels, the person accepting the duel gets to choose a "home turf" as long as it is agreed to by a neutral third party or both parties in the duel. Notch is offering a "home turf" and pre-agreeing to it.